BCI to hire 3 auditors to police system

Facial recognition technology open to too many people

2:11 AM,
Feb. 13, 2014

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Six months after Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine rolled out facial recognition technology, more than 26,500 people inside and outside the state still have access to the system, and one of the only security reforms to occur has been stronger passwords.

But Tom Stickrath, head of the state's Bureau of Criminal Investigation, said his office will hire three auditors to ensure proper use of the technology, ask Ohio chiefs to limit users to those who need it and require out-of-state agencies to request access.